[GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

[Glenn Fowler]

Since FOSS is a community effort, we can all help with testing beta builds:

https://code.gnucash.org/builds/

On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 11:33 PM R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let me start off by trying to avoid hateful responses...
>
> I worked in the software industry, and the programs I supported have had
> their share of issues. I remember (with hung head) when we went through a
> patch in which we would claim to have fixed a problem, only to have it
> recur, and then fixed that and then had another problem occur. It was a
> really bad time, and we took a lot of heat for it.
>
> I also know that GnuCash is free, thanks to the intense dedication of a
> relatively small number of people... for whom and to whom, I am very
> grateful.
>
> However.
>
> I started using GnuCash about 8 years ago, and I generally upgraded each
> quarter as the new versions came out. My own experience in software led me
> to delay doing the update for 7-10 days -- just in case there was a bug
> that necessitated a re-release (and it happened just enough to make me glad
> I waited from time to time).
>
> I am still running 5.3 because (as has been documented here), the 5.4
> windows release had a bug that left a process running.  "No problem", I
> thought -- I'll just skip 5.4 and install 5.5 when it comes out.
>
> Well, 5.5 is out, and it looks like the Scheduled Transactions no longer
> function properly, especially in regard to variable placeholders. This is a
> feature I used and cannot use GnuCash if this is broken. This makes 5.5
> also unusable for me. This is the first time I can remember when I could
> not download a new release - let alone two of them.
>
> I don't know what the problem is or what the best solution is -- perhaps
> everyone on this list could contribute a few dollars to give
> the hardworking developers a chance to "re-charge", as it were? Perhaps
> a quarter needs to be spent only fixing bugs and ignoring adding new
> features? Perhaps the developers just need to take a break for a quarter?
>
> I don't mean this at all in a harsh or critical way; I am just concerned
> that a program I really like seems to be slipping somehow.
>
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